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"rain falls",
"it gets very hot or very cold",
"it gets very dry",
"it gets very salty"
] | A rock cracks when _ . | When the weather is hot, you go to a lake or an ocean and may feel cool. Why? The sun makes the earth hot, but it cannot make the water very hot. Although the air over the earth becomes hot, the air over the water stays cool. The hot air over the earth rises. Then the cool air over the water moves in and takes the plac... | 710.txt | 1 |
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"they know nothing about the world",
"they know little about the world",
"there are answers they do not have",
"all of the above"
] | People are always curious because _ . | When the weather is hot, you go to a lake or an ocean and may feel cool. Why? The sun makes the earth hot, but it cannot make the water very hot. Although the air over the earth becomes hot, the air over the water stays cool. The hot air over the earth rises. Then the cool air over the water moves in and takes the plac... | 710.txt | 2 |
[
"the pursuit of rationality through imagination.",
"an unemotional search for the truth.",
"a purposeful and unbiased quest for what is best.",
"a short-sighted way of pursuing happiness"
] | As used in the passage, the author would define "wisdom" as | Religion and Rationality
Yet the difference in tome and language must strike us, so soon as it is philosophy that speaks: that change should remind usthat even if the function of religion and that of reason coincide,this function is performed in the two cases by very different organs. Religions are many, reason one. Re... | 245.txt | 2 |
[
"Religion seeks the truth through imagination, reason, in its search, utilizes the emotions.",
"Religion has proved an ineffective tool in solving man's problems.",
"Science seeks a piece meal solution to man's questions.",
"The functions of philosophy and reason are the same."
] | Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE? | Religion and Rationality
Yet the difference in tome and language must strike us, so soon as it is philosophy that speaks: that change should remind usthat even if the function of religion and that of reason coincide,this function is performed in the two cases by very different organs. Religions are many, reason one. Re... | 245.txt | 0 |
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"it is unaware of ultimate goals.",
"it is unimaginative.",
"its findings are exact and final.",
"it resembles society and art."
] | According to the author, science differs from religion in that | Religion and Rationality
Yet the difference in tome and language must strike us, so soon as it is philosophy that speaks: that change should remind usthat even if the function of religion and that of reason coincide,this function is performed in the two cases by very different organs. Religions are many, reason one. Re... | 245.txt | 0 |
[
"it relies on intuition rather than reasoning .",
"it is not concerned with the ultimate justification of its instinctive aims.",
"it has disappointed mankind.",
"it has inspired mankind."
] | The author states that religion differs from rationality in that | Religion and Rationality
Yet the difference in tome and language must strike us, so soon as it is philosophy that speaks: that change should remind usthat even if the function of religion and that of reason coincide,this function is performed in the two cases by very different organs. Religions are many, reason one. Re... | 245.txt | 3 |
[
"imaginative.",
"a provider of hope for the future.",
"a highly intellectual activity",
"ineffectual."
] | According to the author, the pursuit of religion has proved to be | Religion and Rationality
Yet the difference in tome and language must strike us, so soon as it is philosophy that speaks: that change should remind usthat even if the function of religion and that of reason coincide,this function is performed in the two cases by very different organs. Religions are many, reason one. Re... | 245.txt | 3 |
[
"The index is increased by 154% compared with the previous year.",
"The index keeps track on the trade cost of all sorts of dry goods.",
"The index has been breaking records for at least a few years.",
"The index is monotonous during this period."
] | Which one of the following statements is TRUE of the Baltic Dry Index? | Breaking records can become monotonous after a while. The Baltic Dry Index, which tracks the costs of shipping "dry" goods such as iron ore, coal and grain around the world, dipped this week after hitting an all-time high on November 13th. But it is still up 154% from a year earlier.
As with so much to do with commodit... | 3664.txt | 2 |
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"change",
"turn",
"seek",
"outsource"
] | The word "scout" (Line 5, Paragraph 3) most probably means _ | Breaking records can become monotonous after a while. The Baltic Dry Index, which tracks the costs of shipping "dry" goods such as iron ore, coal and grain around the world, dipped this week after hitting an all-time high on November 13th. But it is still up 154% from a year earlier.
As with so much to do with commodit... | 3664.txt | 2 |
[
"the ports in Australia are overcrowded.",
"the shipping capacity is reduced.",
"the iron-ore demand of China is increased greatly.",
"the tariffs are imposed on sales of iron ore."
] | Australia's market share of China's iron-ore imports went through a steep fall because _ | Breaking records can become monotonous after a while. The Baltic Dry Index, which tracks the costs of shipping "dry" goods such as iron ore, coal and grain around the world, dipped this week after hitting an all-time high on November 13th. But it is still up 154% from a year earlier.
As with so much to do with commodit... | 3664.txt | 2 |
[
"the imbalance in dry goods supply.",
"the imbalance in dry goods demand.",
"the imbalance in shipping ton-miles for the dry goods.",
"the imbalance in freight rates."
] | The "oceanic imbalance" between Atlantic and Pacific refers to _ | Breaking records can become monotonous after a while. The Baltic Dry Index, which tracks the costs of shipping "dry" goods such as iron ore, coal and grain around the world, dipped this week after hitting an all-time high on November 13th. But it is still up 154% from a year earlier.
As with so much to do with commodit... | 3664.txt | 1 |
[
"rise of the shipping ton-miles for the major \"dry\" goods.",
"the shifts in supply and demand.",
"the increase of the shipping capacity.",
"the launch of new ships in great number."
] | The bull run of dry goods shipping will most probably be ended by _ | Breaking records can become monotonous after a while. The Baltic Dry Index, which tracks the costs of shipping "dry" goods such as iron ore, coal and grain around the world, dipped this week after hitting an all-time high on November 13th. But it is still up 154% from a year earlier.
As with so much to do with commodit... | 3664.txt | 3 |
[
"people would be happy if they shut their eyes to reality",
"the blind could be happier than the sighted",
"over-excited people tend to neglect vital things",
"fascination makes people lose their eyesight"
] | The third sentence of Paragraph 1 implies that . | Few creations of big technology capture the imagination like giant dams. Perhaps it is humankind's long suffering at the mercy of flood and drought that makes the idea of forcing the waters to do our bidding so fascinating. But to be fascinated is also, sometimes, to be blind. Several giant dam projects threaten to do ... | 1062.txt | 2 |
[
"areas short of electricity",
"dams without power stations",
"poor countries around India",
"common people in the Narmada Dam area"
] | In Paragraph 5, "the powerless" probably refers to . | Few creations of big technology capture the imagination like giant dams. Perhaps it is humankind's long suffering at the mercy of flood and drought that makes the idea of forcing the waters to do our bidding so fascinating. But to be fascinated is also, sometimes, to be blind. Several giant dam projects threaten to do ... | 1062.txt | 3 |
[
"They bring in more fertile soil.",
"They help defend the country.",
"They strengthen international ties.",
"They have universal control of the waters."
] | What is the myth concerning giant dams? | Few creations of big technology capture the imagination like giant dams. Perhaps it is humankind's long suffering at the mercy of flood and drought that makes the idea of forcing the waters to do our bidding so fascinating. But to be fascinated is also, sometimes, to be blind. Several giant dam projects threaten to do ... | 1062.txt | 3 |
[
"\"It's no use crying over spilt milk\"",
"\"More haste, less speed\"",
"\"Look before you leap\"",
"\"He who laughs last laughs best\""
] | What the author tries to suggest may best be interpreted as . | Few creations of big technology capture the imagination like giant dams. Perhaps it is humankind's long suffering at the mercy of flood and drought that makes the idea of forcing the waters to do our bidding so fascinating. But to be fascinated is also, sometimes, to be blind. Several giant dam projects threaten to do ... | 1062.txt | 2 |
[
"is kept secret",
"has been made public",
"has been predicted by scientists",
"can't be predicted even by computers"
] | Where the Skylab will fall? | The failed Skylab will come screaming home to earth in disappointment sometime next month. But it will fall we know not where.
That precise information is beyond even the calculations of scientists and their computers.
The best they can tell us is that the space station, weighing 77 tons and as high as a 12 story build... | 3152.txt | 3 |
[
"Not to believe in officials.",
"To think about our future.",
"Has been predicted by scientists.",
"To fear for our lives."
] | According to the passage, what does an incident such as the failed Skylab lead us to do? | The failed Skylab will come screaming home to earth in disappointment sometime next month. But it will fall we know not where.
That precise information is beyond even the calculations of scientists and their computers.
The best they can tell us is that the space station, weighing 77 tons and as high as a 12 story build... | 3152.txt | 3 |
[
"the danger of the Skylab's fall has been overestimated",
"it's useless to worry over things you can't do anything about",
"the danger of the Skylab's fall has been underestimated",
"computers can solve the problem caused by the broken Skylab"
] | The author suggests that _ . | The failed Skylab will come screaming home to earth in disappointment sometime next month. But it will fall we know not where.
That precise information is beyond even the calculations of scientists and their computers.
The best they can tell us is that the space station, weighing 77 tons and as high as a 12 story build... | 3152.txt | 0 |
[
"because he is doubtful about what the officials said",
"because he fears that a piece of the Skylab may strike a nuclear power plant",
"because he is afraid of the use of nuclear power",
"because the nuclear reactor there and the Skylab were both built by the same company"
] | The author refers to Three Mils Island _ . | The failed Skylab will come screaming home to earth in disappointment sometime next month. But it will fall we know not where.
That precise information is beyond even the calculations of scientists and their computers.
The best they can tell us is that the space station, weighing 77 tons and as high as a 12 story build... | 3152.txt | 1 |
[
"interest in the failure of the Skylab",
"willingness to give his advice",
"eagerness to see more new scientific discoveries",
"concern that science cannot answer all questions"
] | This passage is mainly about the author's _ . | The failed Skylab will come screaming home to earth in disappointment sometime next month. But it will fall we know not where.
That precise information is beyond even the calculations of scientists and their computers.
The best they can tell us is that the space station, weighing 77 tons and as high as a 12 story build... | 3152.txt | 2 |
[
"social life provides an effective cure for illness",
"being sociable helps improve one's quality of life",
"women benefit more than men from marriage",
"marriage contributes a great deal to longevity"
] | William Farr's study and other studies show that _ . | Being sociable looks like a good way to add years to your life. Relationships with family, friends, neighbours, even pets, will all do the trick, but the biggest longevity boost seems to come from marriage or an equivalent relationship. The effect was first noted in 1858 by William Farr, who wrote that widows and wido... | 2022.txt | 3 |
[
"older men should quit smoking to stay healthy",
"marriage can help make up for ill health",
"the married are happier than the unmarried",
"unmarried people are likely to suffer in later life"
] | Linda Waite's studies support the idea that _ . | Being sociable looks like a good way to add years to your life. Relationships with family, friends, neighbours, even pets, will all do the trick, but the biggest longevity boost seems to come from marriage or an equivalent relationship. The effect was first noted in 1858 by William Farr, who wrote that widows and wido... | 2022.txt | 1 |
[
"the disadvantages of being married",
"the emotional problems arising from marriage",
"the responsibility of taking care of one's family",
"the consequence of a broken marriage"
] | It can be inferred from the context that the "flip side" (Line 4, Para. 2) refers to _ . | Being sociable looks like a good way to add years to your life. Relationships with family, friends, neighbours, even pets, will all do the trick, but the biggest longevity boost seems to come from marriage or an equivalent relationship. The effect was first noted in 1858 by William Farr, who wrote that widows and wido... | 2022.txt | 0 |
[
"They have effects similar to those of a marriage.",
"They help develop people's community spirit.",
"They provide timely support for those in need.",
"They help relieve people of their life's burdens."
] | What does the author say about social networks? | Being sociable looks like a good way to add years to your life. Relationships with family, friends, neighbours, even pets, will all do the trick, but the biggest longevity boost seems to come from marriage or an equivalent relationship. The effect was first noted in 1858 by William Farr, who wrote that widows and wido... | 2022.txt | 0 |
[
"It's important that we develop a social network when young.",
"To stay healthy, one should have a proper social network.",
"Getting a divorce means risking a reduced life span.",
"We should share our social networks with each other."
] | What can be inferred from the last paragraph? | Being sociable looks like a good way to add years to your life. Relationships with family, friends, neighbours, even pets, will all do the trick, but the biggest longevity boost seems to come from marriage or an equivalent relationship. The effect was first noted in 1858 by William Farr, who wrote that widows and wido... | 2022.txt | 1 |
[
"basis for reaffirming a well-established scientific formulation",
"byproduct of an aesthetic experience",
"tool used by a scientist to discover a new particular",
"result of highly creative scientific activity"
] | The author considers a new theory that coherently relates diverse phenomena to one another to be the | Extraordinary creative activity has been characterized as revolutionary, flying in the face of what is established and producing not what is acceptable but what will become accepted. According to this formulation, highly creative activity transcends the limits of an existing form and establishes a new principle of orga... | 2018.txt | 3 |
[
"strove to outdo his predecessors by becoming the first composer to exploit limits",
"fundamentally changed the musical forms of his predecessors by adopting a richly inventive strategy",
"embellished and interwove the melodies of several of the great composers who preceded him",
"manipulated the established ... | The author implies that Beethoven's music was strikingly original because Beethoven | Extraordinary creative activity has been characterized as revolutionary, flying in the face of what is established and producing not what is acceptable but what will become accepted. According to this formulation, highly creative activity transcends the limits of an existing form and establishes a new principle of orga... | 2018.txt | 3 |
[
"unjustifiably ignored by musicologists",
"not generally considered to be of high aesthetic value even though they are important in the history of music",
"among those works in which popular historical themes were portrayed in a musical production",
"often inappropriately cited as examples of musical works in... | The passage states that the operas of the Florentine Camerata are | Extraordinary creative activity has been characterized as revolutionary, flying in the face of what is established and producing not what is acceptable but what will become accepted. According to this formulation, highly creative activity transcends the limits of an existing form and establishes a new principle of orga... | 2018.txt | 1 |
[
"Has unusual creative activity been characterized as revolutionary",
"Did Beethoven work within a musical tradition that also included Handel and Bach",
"Is Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro an example of a creative work that transcended limits",
"Who besides Monteverdi wrote music that the author would conside... | The passage supplies information for answering all of the following questions EXCEPT: | Extraordinary creative activity has been characterized as revolutionary, flying in the face of what is established and producing not what is acceptable but what will become accepted. According to this formulation, highly creative activity transcends the limits of an existing form and establishes a new principle of orga... | 2018.txt | 3 |
[
"deep skepticism",
"strong indignation",
"marked indifference",
"moderate amusement"
] | The author regards the idea that all highly creative artistic activity transcends limits with | Extraordinary creative activity has been characterized as revolutionary, flying in the face of what is established and producing not what is acceptable but what will become accepted. According to this formulation, highly creative activity transcends the limits of an existing form and establishes a new principle of orga... | 2018.txt | 0 |
[
"is cited with high frequency in the publications of other scientists",
"is accepted immediately by the scientific community",
"does not relegate particulars to the role of data",
"introduces a new valid generalization"
] | The author implies that an innovative scientific contribution is one that | Extraordinary creative activity has been characterized as revolutionary, flying in the face of what is established and producing not what is acceptable but what will become accepted. According to this formulation, highly creative activity transcends the limits of an existing form and establishes a new principle of orga... | 2018.txt | 3 |
[
"Unlike Beethoven, however, even the greatest of modern composers, such as Stravinsky, did not transcend existing musical forms.",
"In similar fashion, existing musical forms were even further exploited by the next generation of great European composers.",
"Thus, many of the great composers displayed the same c... | Which of the following statements would most logically concluded the last paragraph of the passage? | Extraordinary creative activity has been characterized as revolutionary, flying in the face of what is established and producing not what is acceptable but what will become accepted. According to this formulation, highly creative activity transcends the limits of an existing form and establishes a new principle of orga... | 2018.txt | 1 |
[
"provides clues for people who are critical of us",
"indicates our likes and dislikes in choosing a career",
"has a direct influence on the way people regard us",
"is of particular importance when we get on in age"
] | According to the passage, the way we dress ________. | Clothes play a critical part in the conclusions we reach by providing clues to who people are, who they are not, and who they would like to be. They tell us a good deal about the wearer's background, personality, status, mood, and social outlook.
Since clothes are such an important source of social information, we can ... | 2868.txt | 2 |
[
"change people's conservative attitudes toward their lifestyle",
"help young people make friends with the opposite sex",
"make them competitive in the job market",
"help them achieve success in their interpersonal relationships"
] | From the third paragraph of the passage, we can conclude that young adults tend to believe that certain types of clothing can ________. | Clothes play a critical part in the conclusions we reach by providing clues to who people are, who they are not, and who they would like to be. They tell us a good deal about the wearer's background, personality, status, mood, and social outlook.
Since clothes are such an important source of social information, we can ... | 2868.txt | 3 |
[
"early acts for men to follow as examples",
"particular places for men to occupy especially because of their importance",
"things that men should agree upon",
"men's beliefs that everything in the world has already been decided"
] | The word "precedent" (Line 1, Para. 4) probably refers to ________. | Clothes play a critical part in the conclusions we reach by providing clues to who people are, who they are not, and who they would like to be. They tell us a good deal about the wearer's background, personality, status, mood, and social outlook.
Since clothes are such an important source of social information, we can ... | 2868.txt | 0 |
[
"the variety of professional clothing is too wide for them to choose",
"women are generally thought to be only good at being fashion models",
"men are more favorably judged for managerial positions",
"they are not sure to what extent they should display their feminine qualities through clothing"
] | According to the passage, many career women find themselves in difficult situations because ________. | Clothes play a critical part in the conclusions we reach by providing clues to who people are, who they are not, and who they would like to be. They tell us a good deal about the wearer's background, personality, status, mood, and social outlook.
Since clothes are such an important source of social information, we can ... | 2868.txt | 3 |
[
"Dressing for effect.",
"How to dress appropriately.",
"Managerial positions and clothing.",
"Dressing for the occasion."
] | What is the passage mainly about? | Clothes play a critical part in the conclusions we reach by providing clues to who people are, who they are not, and who they would like to be. They tell us a good deal about the wearer's background, personality, status, mood, and social outlook.
Since clothes are such an important source of social information, we can ... | 2868.txt | 0 |
[
"Critical",
"Appreciative",
"Contemptuous",
"Tolerant"
] | According to Paragraph 1, what is the author's attitude toward the AAAS's report? | "The Heart of the Matter," the just-released report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS), deserves praise for affirming the importance of the humanities and social sciences to the prosperity and security of liberal democracy in America. Regrettably, however, the report's failure to address the true natur... | 686.txt | 0 |
[
"retain people's interest in liberal education.",
"define the government's role in education.",
"keep a leading position in liberal education.",
"safeguard individuals rights to education."
] | Influential figures in the Congress required that the AAAS report on how to | "The Heart of the Matter," the just-released report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS), deserves praise for affirming the importance of the humanities and social sciences to the prosperity and security of liberal democracy in America. Regrettably, however, the report's failure to address the true natur... | 686.txt | 1 |
[
"an exclusive study of American history.",
"a greater emphasis on theoretical subjects.",
"the application of emerging technologies.",
"funding for the study of foreign languages."
] | According to Paragraph 3, the report suggests | "The Heart of the Matter," the just-released report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS), deserves praise for affirming the importance of the humanities and social sciences to the prosperity and security of liberal democracy in America. Regrettably, however, the report's failure to address the true natur... | 686.txt | 2 |
[
"supportive of free markets.",
"cautious about intellectual investigation.",
"conservative about public policy.",
"biased against classical liberal ideas."
] | The author implies in Paragraph 5 that professors are | "The Heart of the Matter," the just-released report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS), deserves praise for affirming the importance of the humanities and social sciences to the prosperity and security of liberal democracy in America. Regrettably, however, the report's failure to address the true natur... | 686.txt | 1 |
[
"Ways to Grasp \"The Heart of the Matter\"",
"Illiberal Education and \"The Heart of the Matter\"",
"The AAAS's Contribution to Liberal Education",
"Progressive Policy vs. Liberal Education"
] | Which of the following would be the best title for the text? | "The Heart of the Matter," the just-released report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS), deserves praise for affirming the importance of the humanities and social sciences to the prosperity and security of liberal democracy in America. Regrettably, however, the report's failure to address the true natur... | 686.txt | 1 |
[
"how business is conducted by all executive and a visitor",
"how to tell the differences between an executive and a visitor",
"how to tell businessmen at a glance",
"how businessmen indicate status"
] | The experiment designed by the two researchers aimed at finding out _ . | Soldiers and other military people wear uniformswith various other symbols to indicate theirstatus.But in the business world everyone wearsmore or less similar suits，and you cannot tell at aglance who ranks higher or lower than another.Sohow do people in the business world show theirsuperiority? An attempt to study thi... | 2447.txt | 3 |
[
"The executive has a higher status than the visitor.",
"Military people wear uniforms but the businessmen do not",
"A study revealing a set of rules about the status of businessmen.",
"It is a good method to use a series of silent film in research."
] | Which of the statements can best sum up the passage? | Soldiers and other military people wear uniformswith various other symbols to indicate theirstatus.But in the business world everyone wearsmore or less similar suits，and you cannot tell at aglance who ranks higher or lower than another.Sohow do people in the business world show theirsuperiority? An attempt to study thi... | 2447.txt | 2 |
[
"the less it affected his status",
"the lower his status",
"the more it affected his status",
"the higher his status"
] | Having entered the room，the closer the visitor approaches the executive, _ . | Soldiers and other military people wear uniformswith various other symbols to indicate theirstatus.But in the business world everyone wearsmore or less similar suits，and you cannot tell at aglance who ranks higher or lower than another.Sohow do people in the business world show theirsuperiority? An attempt to study thi... | 2447.txt | 3 |
[
"the higher his status",
"the less it affected his status",
"the lower his status",
"the more it affected his status"
] | The longer the seated man was in answering the knock， _ . | Soldiers and other military people wear uniformswith various other symbols to indicate theirstatus.But in the business world everyone wearsmore or less similar suits，and you cannot tell at aglance who ranks higher or lower than another.Sohow do people in the business world show theirsuperiority? An attempt to study thi... | 2447.txt | 0 |
[
"Soldiers wear uniforms with various symbols so that one call tell their status at a glance.",
"In the experiment.one actor played the executive while the other played the seated man",
"Business people wear similar suits.",
"The audience watching the film rated the executive and the visitor in terms of status... | Which statement is NOT true? | Soldiers and other military people wear uniformswith various other symbols to indicate theirstatus.But in the business world everyone wearsmore or less similar suits，and you cannot tell at aglance who ranks higher or lower than another.Sohow do people in the business world show theirsuperiority? An attempt to study thi... | 2447.txt | 1 |
[
"many Americans are obsessed with the rising temperature in their bathroom",
"more people are overweighed in the United States",
"people are doing more physical exercises with the help of scales",
"youngsters become taller and healthier thanks to more activities"
] | The first sentence of the passage most probably implies that _ . | Like a needle climbing up a bathroom scale, the number keeps rising. In 1991, 15% of Americans were obese; by 1999, that proportion had grown to 27%. Youngsters, who should have age and activity on their side, are growing larger as well: 19% of Americans under 17 are obese. Waistbands have been popping in other western... | 537.txt | 1 |
[
"other western countries has been defeated by fat",
"obesity has become an epidemicof the rich world",
"waistbands begin to be popular in other western countries",
"western countries can no longer fight against obesity"
] | As physical exercise declines and diet expands, _ . | Like a needle climbing up a bathroom scale, the number keeps rising. In 1991, 15% of Americans were obese; by 1999, that proportion had grown to 27%. Youngsters, who should have age and activity on their side, are growing larger as well: 19% of Americans under 17 are obese. Waistbands have been popping in other western... | 537.txt | 1 |
[
"The poor community has shaken off poverty and people are well-fed now.",
"Obesity is becoming a problem in the developing world too.",
"Excessive weight increase will cause no less harm than the food shortage.",
"The problem of overweight emerges very fast."
] | Which is NOT the point of the example of the Pacific Islands? | Like a needle climbing up a bathroom scale, the number keeps rising. In 1991, 15% of Americans were obese; by 1999, that proportion had grown to 27%. Youngsters, who should have age and activity on their side, are growing larger as well: 19% of Americans under 17 are obese. Waistbands have been popping in other western... | 537.txt | 0 |
[
"the matter is so complex as to go beyond our capacity",
"no matter what we do, the prospect will always be bleak",
"it is starvation, the real threat, that needs to be solved",
"we should take immediate actions before it becomes incurable"
] | Of tackling obesity in the poor world, we can learn from the passage that _ | Like a needle climbing up a bathroom scale, the number keeps rising. In 1991, 15% of Americans were obese; by 1999, that proportion had grown to 27%. Youngsters, who should have age and activity on their side, are growing larger as well: 19% of Americans under 17 are obese. Waistbands have been popping in other western... | 537.txt | 3 |
[
"Obesity is now a global problem that needs tackling.",
"The weights increase fast throughout the whole world.",
"Obesity and starvation are two main problems in the poor world.",
"Obesity has shifted from the rich world to the poor world."
] | What is the main idea of this passage? | Like a needle climbing up a bathroom scale, the number keeps rising. In 1991, 15% of Americans were obese; by 1999, that proportion had grown to 27%. Youngsters, who should have age and activity on their side, are growing larger as well: 19% of Americans under 17 are obese. Waistbands have been popping in other western... | 537.txt | 0 |
[
"it suggested a way to keep some foods fresh without preservatives",
"it discovered tiny globules in both cream and butter",
"it revealed the secret of how bacteria multiply in cream and butter",
"it found that cream and butter share the same chemical composition"
] | The significance of Brocklehurst's research is that _ . | Why does cram go bad faster than butter? Some researchers think they have the answer, and it comes down to the structure of the food, not its chemical composition-a finding that could help rid some processed foods of chemical preservatives.
Cream and butter contain pretty much the same substances, so why cream should s... | 851.txt | 0 |
[
"are more evenly distributed in cream",
"multiply more easily in cream than in butter",
"live on less fat in cream than in butter",
"produce less waste in cream than in butter"
] | According to the researchers, cream sours fast than butter because bacteria _ . | Why does cram go bad faster than butter? Some researchers think they have the answer, and it comes down to the structure of the food, not its chemical composition-a finding that could help rid some processed foods of chemical preservatives.
Cream and butter contain pretty much the same substances, so why cream should s... | 851.txt | 1 |
[
"removing its fat",
"killing the bacteria",
"reducing its water content",
"altering its structure"
] | According to Brocklehurst, we can keep cream fresh by _ . | Why does cram go bad faster than butter? Some researchers think they have the answer, and it comes down to the structure of the food, not its chemical composition-a finding that could help rid some processed foods of chemical preservatives.
Cream and butter contain pretty much the same substances, so why cream should s... | 851.txt | 3 |
[
"tiny globules",
"watery regions",
"bacteria communities",
"little compartments"
] | The word "colonies" (Line 2, Para. 4) refers to _ . | Why does cram go bad faster than butter? Some researchers think they have the answer, and it comes down to the structure of the food, not its chemical composition-a finding that could help rid some processed foods of chemical preservatives.
Cream and butter contain pretty much the same substances, so why cream should s... | 851.txt | 2 |
[
"by varying its chemical composition",
"by turning it into a solid lump",
"while keeping its structure unchanged",
"while retaining its liquid form"
] | Commercial application of the research finding will be possible if salad cream can be made resistant to bacterial attack _ . | Why does cram go bad faster than butter? Some researchers think they have the answer, and it comes down to the structure of the food, not its chemical composition-a finding that could help rid some processed foods of chemical preservatives.
Cream and butter contain pretty much the same substances, so why cream should s... | 851.txt | 3 |
[
"They possess different kinds of superpowers.",
"They have got the power to change the world.",
"Some people around them are making the world better.",
"There are many powerful people in their life and work."
] | Why does the author say they are inspired every day? | If you could have one superpower, what would it be?
Dreaming about whether you would want to read minds, see through walls, or have superhuman strength may sound silly, but it actually gets to the heart of what really matters in your life.
Every day in our work, we are inspired by the people we meet doing extraordinary... | 539.txt | 2 |
[
"Learning more and contributing more to a cause.",
"Rising above self and acting to help others.",
"Working hard to get a bigger opportunity.",
"Trying your best to help the poor."
] | What does the author stress in Paragraph 5? | If you could have one superpower, what would it be?
Dreaming about whether you would want to read minds, see through walls, or have superhuman strength may sound silly, but it actually gets to the heart of what really matters in your life.
Every day in our work, we are inspired by the people we meet doing extraordinary... | 539.txt | 1 |
[
"The author believes the lives of the poorest will get better.",
"Much more progress will be made in the near future.",
"The work on health is the most valuable experience.",
"People's efforts have been materially rewarded."
] | What can be inferred from the last paragraph? | If you could have one superpower, what would it be?
Dreaming about whether you would want to read minds, see through walls, or have superhuman strength may sound silly, but it actually gets to the heart of what really matters in your life.
Every day in our work, we are inspired by the people we meet doing extraordinary... | 539.txt | 0 |
[
"Natural empathy needs to be reinforced.",
"Emotional changes influence one's choice of gifts.",
"Selecting the right gift is an ability people are born with.",
"Choosing gifts requires one to understand the receivers."
] | Which of the following is the main idea of the second paragraph? | Have you ever received a gift that was so dearly, not your taste that you wondered if perhaps it had been handed to you by mistake? Worse, have you ever given a present and watched your friend look as though she had opened the wrong box? Maybe she responded with a polite "Why, thank you," but you knew you had missed th... | 3304.txt | 3 |
[
"attention should be paid to the receivers' responses",
"one learns from what he did in the past",
"the choice of gifts reflects one's emotional qualities",
"one should spend more time choosing gifts"
] | In the third paragraph, the author tells us that _ . | Have you ever received a gift that was so dearly, not your taste that you wondered if perhaps it had been handed to you by mistake? Worse, have you ever given a present and watched your friend look as though she had opened the wrong box? Maybe she responded with a polite "Why, thank you," but you knew you had missed th... | 3304.txt | 2 |
[
"Ways of Choosing Gifts",
"An Important Tradition",
"Exchanging Presents",
"Message in a Gift"
] | The best possible title for this passage is " _ ". | Have you ever received a gift that was so dearly, not your taste that you wondered if perhaps it had been handed to you by mistake? Worse, have you ever given a present and watched your friend look as though she had opened the wrong box? Maybe she responded with a polite "Why, thank you," but you knew you had missed th... | 3304.txt | 3 |
[
"starts to learn a new lesson in sleep",
"learns how to sleep better",
"is made to remember his lesson in sleep",
"can listen to the radio broadcast while lying in bed"
] | By the learnwhileyousleep method, one _ . | If you ask some people, " How did you learn English so well?" you may get a surprising answer: " In my sleep!"
These are people who have taken part in one of the recent experiments to test the learnwhileyousleep method, which is now being tried in several countries, and with several subjects. English is among them.... | 674.txt | 2 |
[
"in the night time",
"after lullabies were broadcast",
"while the student was awake",
"all through the twelve hours"
] | In the experiment, lessons were given _ . | If you ask some people, " How did you learn English so well?" you may get a surprising answer: " In my sleep!"
These are people who have taken part in one of the recent experiments to test the learnwhileyousleep method, which is now being tried in several countries, and with several subjects. English is among them.... | 674.txt | 0 |
[
"get up and take breakfast",
"be woken up by a loud voice",
"listen to the lesson again in sleep",
"review the lesson by himself"
] | Before each lesson finishes, the student has to _ . | If you ask some people, " How did you learn English so well?" you may get a surprising answer: " In my sleep!"
These are people who have taken part in one of the recent experiments to test the learnwhileyousleep method, which is now being tried in several countries, and with several subjects. English is among them.... | 674.txt | 2 |
[
"the English language",
"grammar and vocabulary",
"a number of subjects",
"foreign languages"
] | The sleepstudy method is being tried in many countries to teach _ . | If you ask some people, " How did you learn English so well?" you may get a surprising answer: " In my sleep!"
These are people who have taken part in one of the recent experiments to test the learnwhileyousleep method, which is now being tried in several countries, and with several subjects. English is among them.... | 674.txt | 2 |
[
"readers how to be popular in with around",
"teenagers how to learn to decide things for themselves",
"parents how to control and guide their children",
"people how to understand and respect each other"
] | The author's purpose writing this passage is to tell _ . | I hear many parents saying that their teen-age children are rebellion. I wish it were so. At your age you ought to be growing away from your parents. You should be learning to stand on your own two feet. But take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems that teen-agers are all taking the same way of showing that ... | 3187.txt | 1 |
[
"have much difficulty understanding each other",
"lack confidence",
"dare not cope with problems single-handed",
"are very much afraid of getting lost"
] | According to the author, many teen-agers think they are brave enough to act on their own, but, in fact, most of them _ . | I hear many parents saying that their teen-age children are rebellion. I wish it were so. At your age you ought to be growing away from your parents. You should be learning to stand on your own two feet. But take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems that teen-agers are all taking the same way of showing that ... | 3187.txt | 1 |
[
"There is no popularity that really counts.",
"What many parents are doing is in fact hindering their children from finding their own paths.",
"It is not necessarily bad for a teen-ager to disagree with his or her classmates.",
"Most teen-agers claim that they want to do what they like to, but they are actual... | Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? | I hear many parents saying that their teen-age children are rebellion. I wish it were so. At your age you ought to be growing away from your parents. You should be learning to stand on your own two feet. But take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems that teen-agers are all taking the same way of showing that ... | 3187.txt | 0 |
[
"convincing",
"influential",
"instructive",
"authoritative"
] | The author thinks of advertisements as _ . | I hear many parents saying that their teen-age children are rebellion. I wish it were so. At your age you ought to be growing away from your parents. You should be learning to stand on your own two feet. But take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems that teen-agers are all taking the same way of showing that ... | 3187.txt | 1 |
[
"differ from others in as many ways as possible",
"get into the right season and become popular",
"find one's real self",
"rebel against parents and the popularity waves"
] | During the teenage years, one should learn to _ . | I hear many parents saying that their teen-age children are rebellion. I wish it were so. At your age you ought to be growing away from your parents. You should be learning to stand on your own two feet. But take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems that teen-agers are all taking the same way of showing that ... | 3187.txt | 2 |
[
"Books on excellence.",
"Guides to management.",
"Books on business rules.",
"Analyses of market trends."
] | What kind of business books are most likely to sell well? | Nothing succeeds in business books like the study of success. The current business-book boom waslaunched in 1982 by Tom Peters and Robert Waterman with In Search of Excellence. The trend hascontinued with a succession of experts and would-be experts who promise to distil the essence of excellenceinto three (or five or ... | 1421.txt | 0 |
[
"They help businessmen one way or another.",
"They are written by well-recognised experts.",
"They more or less fall into the same stereotype.",
"They are based on analyses of corporate leaders."
] | What does the author imply about books on success so far? | Nothing succeeds in business books like the study of success. The current business-book boom waslaunched in 1982 by Tom Peters and Robert Waterman with In Search of Excellence. The trend hascontinued with a succession of experts and would-be experts who promise to distil the essence of excellenceinto three (or five or ... | 1421.txt | 2 |
[
"It focuses on the behaviour of exceptional businessmen.",
"It bases its detailed analysis on large amounts of data.",
"It offers practicable advice to businessmen.",
"It draws conclusions from vivid examples."
] | How does The Three Rules differ from other success books according to the passage? | Nothing succeeds in business books like the study of success. The current business-book boom waslaunched in 1982 by Tom Peters and Robert Waterman with In Search of Excellence. The trend hascontinued with a succession of experts and would-be experts who promise to distil the essence of excellenceinto three (or five or ... | 1421.txt | 1 |
[
"Focus on quality and revenue.",
"Management and sales promotion.",
"Lower production costs and competitive prices.",
"Emphasis on after-sale service and maintenance."
] | What does the passage say contributes to the success of exceptional companies? | Nothing succeeds in business books like the study of success. The current business-book boom waslaunched in 1982 by Tom Peters and Robert Waterman with In Search of Excellence. The trend hascontinued with a succession of experts and would-be experts who promise to distil the essence of excellenceinto three (or five or ... | 1421.txt | 0 |
[
"It can help to locate profitable niches.",
"It has little to offer to businesspeople.",
"It is noted for its detailed data analysis.",
"It fails to identify the keys to success."
] | What is the author's comment on The Three Rules? | Nothing succeeds in business books like the study of success. The current business-book boom waslaunched in 1982 by Tom Peters and Robert Waterman with In Search of Excellence. The trend hascontinued with a succession of experts and would-be experts who promise to distil the essence of excellenceinto three (or five or ... | 1421.txt | 3 |
[
"to prove that children are born with the ability to speak",
"to discover what language a child would speak without hearing any human speech",
"to find out what role careful nursing would play in teaching a child to speak",
"to prove that a child could be damaged without learning a language"
] | The purpose of Frederick II's experiment was . | Is language, like food, a basic human need without which a child at a critical period of life can be starved and damaged? Judging from the drastic experiment of Frederick II in the thirteenth century, it may be. Hoping to discover what language a child would speak if he heard no mother tongue, he told the nurses to kee... | 3516.txt | 1 |
[
"they are incapable of learning language rapidly",
"they are exposed to too much language at once",
"their mothers respond inadequately to their attempts to speak",
"their mothers are not intelligent enough to help them"
] | The reason some children are backward in speaking is most probably that . | Is language, like food, a basic human need without which a child at a critical period of life can be starved and damaged? Judging from the drastic experiment of Frederick II in the thirteenth century, it may be. Hoping to discover what language a child would speak if he heard no mother tongue, he told the nurses to kee... | 3516.txt | 2 |
[
"he is born with the capacity to speak",
"he has a brain more complex than an animal's",
"he can produce his own sentences",
"he owes his speech ability to good nursing"
] | What is exceptionally remarkable about a child is that . | Is language, like food, a basic human need without which a child at a critical period of life can be starved and damaged? Judging from the drastic experiment of Frederick II in the thirteenth century, it may be. Hoping to discover what language a child would speak if he heard no mother tongue, he told the nurses to kee... | 3516.txt | 2 |
[
"The faculty of speech is inborn in man.",
"Encouragement is anything but essential to a child in language learning.",
"The child's brain is highly selective.",
"Most children learn their language in definite stages."
] | Which of the following can NOT be inferred from the passage? | Is language, like food, a basic human need without which a child at a critical period of life can be starved and damaged? Judging from the drastic experiment of Frederick II in the thirteenth century, it may be. Hoping to discover what language a child would speak if he heard no mother tongue, he told the nurses to kee... | 3516.txt | 1 |
[
"have a high IQ",
"be less intelligent",
"be insensitive to verbal signals",
"not necessarily be backward"
] | If a child starts to speak later than others, he will in future . | Is language, like food, a basic human need without which a child at a critical period of life can be starved and damaged? Judging from the drastic experiment of Frederick II in the thirteenth century, it may be. Hoping to discover what language a child would speak if he heard no mother tongue, he told the nurses to kee... | 3516.txt | 3 |
[
"Huge amounts of money is being wasted on campus socializing.",
"It doesn't pay to run into debt to receive a college education.",
"College education is rewarding in spite of the startling costs.",
"Going to college doesn't necessarily bring the expected returns."
] | What's the opinion of economists about going to college? | There are few more sobering online activities than entering data into college-tuition calculators and gasping as the Web spits back a six-figure sum. But economists say families about to go into debt to fund four years of partying, as well as studying, can console themselves with the knowledge that college is an invest... | 978.txt | 2 |
[
"enrollment kept decreasing in virtually all American colleges and universities",
"the labor market preferred high-school to college graduates",
"competition for university admissions was far more fierce than today",
"the gap between the earnings of college and high-school graduates narrowed"
] | The two Harvard economists note in their study that, for much of the 20th century, ________. | There are few more sobering online activities than entering data into college-tuition calculators and gasping as the Web spits back a six-figure sum. But economists say families about to go into debt to fund four years of partying, as well as studying, can console themselves with the knowledge that college is an invest... | 978.txt | 3 |
[
"save more on tuition",
"receive a better education",
"take more liberal-arts courses",
"avoid traveling long distances"
] | Students who attend an in-state college or university can ________. | There are few more sobering online activities than entering data into college-tuition calculators and gasping as the Web spits back a six-figure sum. But economists say families about to go into debt to fund four years of partying, as well as studying, can console themselves with the knowledge that college is an invest... | 978.txt | 0 |
[
"regard college education as a wise investment",
"place a premium on the prestige of the College",
"think it crucial to send their children to college",
"consider college education a consumer product"
] | In this consumerist age, most parents ________. | There are few more sobering online activities than entering data into college-tuition calculators and gasping as the Web spits back a six-figure sum. But economists say families about to go into debt to fund four years of partying, as well as studying, can console themselves with the knowledge that college is an invest... | 978.txt | 3 |
[
"Their employment prospects after graduation.",
"A satisfying experience within their budgets.",
"Its facilities and learning environment.",
"Its ranking among similar institutions."
] | What is the chief consideration when students choose a college today? | There are few more sobering online activities than entering data into college-tuition calculators and gasping as the Web spits back a six-figure sum. But economists say families about to go into debt to fund four years of partying, as well as studying, can console themselves with the knowledge that college is an invest... | 978.txt | 1 |
[
"a new way to look at the learning of language",
"a challenge to traditional, views on the nature of language",
"an approach: to simplifying the grammatical structure of a language",
"an attempt to clarify misunderstanding about the origin of language"
] | The study of sign language is thought to be _ . | Sign has become a scientific hot button. Only in the past 20 years have specialists in language study realized that signed languages are unique-a speech of the hand. They offer a new way to probe how the brain generates and understands language, and throw new light on an old scientific controversy: whether language,com... | 826.txt | 1 |
[
"a famous scholar in the study of the human brain",
"a leading specialist in the study of liberal arts",
"an English teacher in a university for the deaf",
"some senior experts in American Sign Language"
] | The present growing interest in sign language was stimulated by _ . | Sign has become a scientific hot button. Only in the past 20 years have specialists in language study realized that signed languages are unique-a speech of the hand. They offer a new way to probe how the brain generates and understands language, and throw new light on an old scientific controversy: whether language,com... | 826.txt | 2 |
[
"a Substandard language",
"a genuine language",
"an artificial language",
"an international language"
] | According to Stokoe, sign language is _ . | Sign has become a scientific hot button. Only in the past 20 years have specialists in language study realized that signed languages are unique-a speech of the hand. They offer a new way to probe how the brain generates and understands language, and throw new light on an old scientific controversy: whether language,com... | 826.txt | 1 |
[
"sign language was not extensively used even by deaf people",
"sign language was too artificial to be widely accepted",
"a language should be easy to use and understand",
"a language could only exist in the form of speech sounds"
] | Most educators objected to Stokoe's idea because they thought _ . | Sign has become a scientific hot button. Only in the past 20 years have specialists in language study realized that signed languages are unique-a speech of the hand. They offer a new way to probe how the brain generates and understands language, and throw new light on an old scientific controversy: whether language,com... | 826.txt | 3 |
[
"sign language is as efficient as any other language",
"sign language is derived from natural language",
"language is a system of meaningful codes",
"language is a product of the brain"
] | Stokoe's argument is based on his belief that _ . | Sign has become a scientific hot button. Only in the past 20 years have specialists in language study realized that signed languages are unique-a speech of the hand. They offer a new way to probe how the brain generates and understands language, and throw new light on an old scientific controversy: whether language,com... | 826.txt | 3 |
[
"The Fifth Fair Will Be Held.",
"The Fair is Famous.",
"Fairs Attract the World Wide Attention.",
"Xiamen is a Trade Zone."
] | What is the best title for this passage? | The Fifth China International Fair for Investment and Trade is expected to expand the country's economic relations with the international community when it opens on September 9. The four-day fair will be held in the Economic Zone of Xiamen, a coastal city in East China's Fujian province. Compared with the previous four... | 2949.txt | 2 |
[
"One.",
"Two.",
"Three.",
"Four."
] | How many fingers are there in the logo of the China Fair International Investment and Trade? | The Fifth China International Fair for Investment and Trade is expected to expand the country's economic relations with the international community when it opens on September 9. The four-day fair will be held in the Economic Zone of Xiamen, a coastal city in East China's Fujian province. Compared with the previous four... | 2949.txt | 1 |
[
"Because the fair will attract overseas investment to China.",
"Because it is a key to our home.",
"Because it is just like a key.",
"Because the fair is held on August 9."
] | Why is the golden key to success designed as the logo of CFIIT? | The Fifth China International Fair for Investment and Trade is expected to expand the country's economic relations with the international community when it opens on September 9. The four-day fair will be held in the Economic Zone of Xiamen, a coastal city in East China's Fujian province. Compared with the previous four... | 2949.txt | 0 |
[
"0.00380 billion.",
"0.00529 billion.",
"0.00513 billion.",
"0.00397 billion."
] | What is the average of the overseas investment on one project in the past four fairs? | The Fifth China International Fair for Investment and Trade is expected to expand the country's economic relations with the international community when it opens on September 9. The four-day fair will be held in the Economic Zone of Xiamen, a coastal city in East China's Fujian province. Compared with the previous four... | 2949.txt | 1 |
[
"the townsfolk deny the RSC ' s contribution to the town's revenue",
"the actors of the RSC imitate Shakespeare on and off stage",
"the two branches of the RSC are not on good terms",
"the townsfolk earn little from tourism"
] | From the first two paragraphs , we learn that | Stratford-on-Avon, as we all know, has only one industry-William Shakespeare-but there are two distinctly separate and increasingly hostile branches. There is the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), which presents superb productions of the plays at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre on the Avon. And there are the townsfolk ... | 237.txt | 0 |
[
"the sightseers cannot visit the Castle and the Palace separately",
"the playgoers spend more money than the sightseers",
"the sightseers do more shopping than the playgoers",
"the playgoers go to no other places in town than the theater"
] | It can be inferred from Paragraph 3 that | Stratford-on-Avon, as we all know, has only one industry-William Shakespeare-but there are two distinctly separate and increasingly hostile branches. There is the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), which presents superb productions of the plays at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre on the Avon. And there are the townsfolk ... | 237.txt | 1 |
[
"Stratford cannot afford the expansion projects",
"Stratford has long been in financial difficulties",
"the town is not really short of money",
"the townsfolk used to be poorly paid"
] | By saying "Stratford cries poor traditionally" (Line 2-3, Paragraph 4), the author implies that | Stratford-on-Avon, as we all know, has only one industry-William Shakespeare-but there are two distinctly separate and increasingly hostile branches. There is the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), which presents superb productions of the plays at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre on the Avon. And there are the townsfolk ... | 237.txt | 2 |
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